Speaker Details

Full Name
John Norton
Company
RedTed Media
Title
Head of Production
Country (Address)
Ireland
Biography
John started his career in the Film and TV business in the casting department of over 20 International Film and TV series as both assistant and Casting Director on projects such as THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, REIGN OF FIRE and THE TAILOR OF PANAMA.

In addition John has produced over 160 hours of Film and Television for an array of National and International broadcasters including New Line Cinema, SyFy Channel, BBC, MTV, RTE, TV3, Virgin Media and SKY. His films have won multiple awards at festivals around the world and he was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award.

In his 20 year career he has created some of Ireland's best known and highest rated TV shows and documentary series as well as adapting hit TV formats for Irish broadcasters from MTV, NBC, BRAVO and the BBC. John is currently working on several high end drama series with A list showrunner talent such as Mark Williams (OZARK), Rob Weiss (ENTOURAGE), Nazrin Choudury (FEAR THE WALKING DEAD) with an array of global broadcast, finance and Co Pro partners.

John has been invited as part of the Irish delegation from Screen Ireland to promote Ireland at International markets including Series Mania and Content London and has guest lectured at Stratford College and Griffith College in Dublin as well as receiving an honorary fellowship from The European Institute of Communications. John is a graduate of the Media Business school in Ronda, Spain as well as the EAVE producers program.
Production Partnerships Forum Hosts
We are focused on fostering ideas and IP into content that entertains, inspires, and creates impact. Our slate is recognised as diverse, thought provoking yet entertaining. We have projects that are focused on cultures from India, South Korea, New Zealand and the Middle East that are uniquely local yet have a global appeal.

Our film and television team excels in discovering unique IP that is provocative and redefining. We work with the world’s leading directors/talent and collaborate with some of the most influential figures in film to create genre-defying theatrical releases and TV single dramas & drama series. As a financing entity we are able to gap finance projects as well as development.